L.A. Kauffman Gets The Goods
Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism By L.A. Kauffman Verso Books, 2017 "Whole bookshelves groan under…
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Victory at Standing Rock, but the Struggle Goes On
Victory….for now After eight months, starting with a few hundred young Native Americans and swelling to up to 15,000…
A Right to Speak to Those Who Don’t Want to Listen
Last year, the Supreme Court decided McCullen v. Coakley, in which it invalidated on First Amendment grounds a Massachusetts…
The Insiders’ View: Indymedia & Occupy
Digital Rebellion: The Birth of the Cyber Left Todd Wolfson University of Illinois Press, 2014 The Occupiers: The Making…
The Red Decade: Art with a Gritty Heart
The Left Front: Radical Art in the “Red Decade,” 1929–1940 NYU Grey Art Gallery Through April 4 The 1930s…
Will Occupy and Unions Reunite On the Docks?
On a cold December morning, before sunrise in New York's Chinatown,about 60 activists gathered in front of Dunkin' Donuts…
Occupy Homes, One Year On and Growing Daily
“We are about to take this house over, okay?” shouted Reneka Wheeler, speaking slowly and emphasizing each word as…
Occupy and the Police Needn’t be Enemies – as Sandy Showed
Ninety-nine people arrested during Occupy Wall Street's 17 September anniversary actions had their court dates last week. They trooped…
The Best Response to Disaster: Go On the Offensive
They say the best defense is a good offense. I Googled the hell out of this phrase but couldn’t…
Suffering in the Shadow of Wall Street
I live in northern Manhattan and within a few days of Hurricane Sandy striking at the end of October,…